as in to portend
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However, that decline started to ease in the second half of 2024, which could portend more favorable winds for the luxury sector this year.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2025 -
At 23, De La Cruz isn't a finished product at the plate or on defense, but his athletic skill and 6-foot-5 frame portend a high ceiling for him in 2025.—
John Yoo And John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Kim is one of several Democrats to indicate a willingness to let the government shut down if Republicans can't reassure them that their spending directives will actually be implemented.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The two paintings contain few elements that might signal a tree – a concentration of lines near the center, lines that could be branches or a central trunk and lines that could indicate the ground or a horizon.—
Mitchell Newberry,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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The prize's namesake, author Mark Twain, divined his pen name from a navigation term used by steamboat captains on a river.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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As this magazine arrives on newsstands, business and state leaders gather, once again, in a small town at the heart of Europe, to try to divine the future of globalization.—
Caitlín Doherty,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Without that help, however, Lee could foresee a much longer timeline to undo the harm from all those skincare trends.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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The festival may not have foreseen that Torres might be rubbing shoulders with rival Oscar nominee Gascón in the wake of her recent scandal.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
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Bealer anticipates the project will be completed by mid-May with the pool open to the public starting May 31.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Full moons Here are the rest of the full moons to anticipate this year.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Both the hosting of the Games and the adoption of the euro in 2001 seemed to betoken an unaccustomed self-confidence, optimism and national pride among Greeks.—
Alan Cowell,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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The book betokens an acceptance of ever-encroaching mortality.—
Christina Cacouris,
The New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2024
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Specifically, the credits now foreshadow particular moments that emerge over the course of the season: Look no further than the moment when innie Mark hobbles about a hilly grassland, which turns to be an actual milieu for a scene anchored by Gwendoline Christie in episode three.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2025
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The ending is foreshadowed throughout the movie, as disturbing behavior from Annie's kids and herself eventually turns fatal.—
Erica Marrison,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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Ye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian was apparently warned in advance by his assistant, and skipped the Grammys to take her son Saint, 8, to the movies.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Law enforcement officials warned Trump last year that Tehran had placed operatives in the U.S. with access to surface-to-air missiles.—
Alex Isenstadt,
Axios,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Presignify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presignify. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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